WDBS Rankings | 2026 European Championship Update
The official WDBS rankings have been updated for the first time this season following the 2026 European Disability Snooker Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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The WDBS ranking system includes individual ranking lists for each of the main classification groups, with players earning points from based upon their finishing position at designated ranking tournaments.
The rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during 2024/25 to be removed during this season. At this revision points earned at the 2026 European Championship and 2026 World Abilitysport Guttman Games (for Groups 1-5) were added with points from the 2024 German Open and 2024 UK Championship removed.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CLIMB
The three newly crowned European champions who did not also hold the world number one position in their classification group have seen significant climbs up the ranking lists following their success in Sofia.
Denmark’s Nicklas Olsen continued his unbeaten run in Group 6A by successfully defending the European Championship title.
Olsen, aged 23, has won all three WDBS Tour events in which he has competed so far including the most recent World Championship in Thailand. His European defence has seen the Dane rise to a career-high of second in the rankings, just 1,800 points behind Mohammed Faisal Butt.
In Group 3, Poland’s Adam Wilk followed up his gold medal in Finland at the 2026 World Abilitysport Guttman Games by beating Andy Lam in the European Championship final to become the first player from his country to win the prestigious event. The back-to-back ranking titles see Wilk jump from 12th position to sixth.
Ireland’s Dylan Rees has matched his career-best ranking in Group 7 after defeating Bulgaria’s Nikolay Hristov to win the European crown for the first time and return to second in world ranking list.
THE RACE FOR THE TOP
Five of the eight current world number ones were able to maintain their place at the summit by securing first prize at the European Championship.
Dave Beaumont completed a unique hat-trick of titles in Group 1+2 to remain the top ranked wheelchair player while there were also titles for Matthew Haslam (Group 6A) and Lewis Knowles (Group 8) to stay in first.
Dave Bolton’s record-equalling 18th WDBS title in Sofia kept him at the top of the Group 5 world rankings – although a World Abilitysport Guttman Games gold medal for Dalton Lawrence, followed by a second-place finish in Sofia, has seen him reduce the deficit.
In Group 4, Carl Gibson’s second European Championship title has seen him increase his lead in first to 51,700 points – with Scotland’s William Thomson climbing into second due to his success in Finland, while former world number one David Church drops to fourth having not competed since the 2026 Hull Open.
As mentioned above, the closest world number one race is currently in Group 6A where Olsen has reduced the gap to Butt to just 1,800 points – while less than 10,000 points separate the top four.
There is one change at the top as Ireland’s Daniel Kelly has returned to world number one in Group 3 following Peter Hull’s reclassification to Group 4 at the end of last season.
OTHER MOVERS
Several other players have seen notable moves in the rankings following their performances in Sofia – including four of the finalists.
Andy Lam (Group 3) reached his third consecutive European Championship final and is up one place to third, while first-time finalists Archie Buskin (Group 4) and Niall Pollitt (Group 6A) each move up one position to eighth and fifth respectively.
Nikolay Hristov made history for his country by becoming Bulgaria’s first WDBS event finalist on debut and he is straight into the top 10 at seventh place.
Other notable movers include James Lodge (Group 6B) and Francis Coyle (Group 8), who have both risen two places to eighth and fifth respectively after reaching the semi-finals in Sofia.
The next event is the Irish Disability Snooker Open in Carlow, Ireland on 20-22 November 2026. Enter now via WPBSA SnookerScores.
